Wendy Mesley
Encyclopedia
Wendy Mesley is a host and reporter for CBC Television
's consumer investigation series Marketplace
. She is also a frequent back-up anchor for CBC's flagship evening news program The National. She also co-hosts Test the Nation
with Brent Bambury
. In 2001 and 2002 she co-hosted the investigative newsmagazine
CBC News: Disclosure
with Diana Swain
, and previously hosted the media and technology series Undercurrents from 1994 until 2001.
Mesley was born in Montreal
, Quebec
. On January 6, 1989, Mesley married CBC news anchor Peter Mansbridge
, but the marriage ended in 1992. She remarried on April 17, 1998 to marketing executive Liam McQuade and has one daughter with him, Kate Rae McQuade.
In January 2005, Mesley announced that she had found a lump in her left breast and had been diagnosed with breast cancer
. After undergoing treatment, including two lumpectomies
, chemotherapy
and radiation, Mesley's prognosis is excellent. As of March 2006, Mesley had returned to the CBC full-time, but was under the care of an oncologist and had been taking the intravenous, anti-cancer drug Herceptin. That same month her documentary "Chasing the Cancer Answer" was aired. Though generally well-received, it did engender negative comment from Margaret Wente
of The Globe and Mail
.
As of October 26, 2009, Mesley began a greater presence on CBC's nightly newscast The National and in 2010 she became the program's regular Sunday anchor.
CBC Television
CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...
's consumer investigation series Marketplace
Marketplace (TV series)
Marketplace is a Canadian television series, broadcast on CBC Television. Launched in 1972, the series is a consumer advocacy newsmagazine, which shows investigative reports on issues such as product testing, health and safety, fraudulent business practices and other news issues of interest to...
. She is also a frequent back-up anchor for CBC's flagship evening news program The National. She also co-hosts Test the Nation
Test the Nation
Test the Nation is a television programme, first broadcast in 2001 by BNN in the Netherlands where the concept is owned by Eyeworks Holding who license it to TV production companies around the world.-Show format:...
with Brent Bambury
Brent Bambury
Brent Bambury is a Canadian radio and television personality, who has hosted a number of programs for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. A New Brunswick native, Bambury began his CBC career at stations in Saint John, Halifax and Montreal. In 1984, he became a correspondent for CBC Stereo's...
. In 2001 and 2002 she co-hosted the investigative newsmagazine
Newsmagazine
A news magazine is a typed, printed, and published piece of paper, magazine or a radio or television program, usually weekly, featuring articles or segments on current events...
CBC News: Disclosure
CBC News: Disclosure
CBC News: Disclosure was a Canadian investigative journalism television series. It debuted on CBC Television on November 13, 2001 and ended on April 6, 2004. Hosts of the show included Gillian Findlay, Mark Kelley, Wendy Mesley and Diana Swain....
with Diana Swain
Diana Swain
Diana Swain is a television journalist with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . She has been the host of CBC News At Six, CBC Toronto's local nightly newscast, since September 2004...
, and previously hosted the media and technology series Undercurrents from 1994 until 2001.
Mesley was born in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
. On January 6, 1989, Mesley married CBC news anchor Peter Mansbridge
Peter Mansbridge
Peter Mansbridge, OC , a Canadian broadcaster and news anchor, is the CBC News Chief Correspondent and anchor of The National, CBC Television's flagship nightly newscast. Mansbridge has received many awards and accolades for his journalistic work including an honorary doctorate from Mount Allison...
, but the marriage ended in 1992. She remarried on April 17, 1998 to marketing executive Liam McQuade and has one daughter with him, Kate Rae McQuade.
In January 2005, Mesley announced that she had found a lump in her left breast and had been diagnosed with breast cancer
Breast cancer
Breast cancer is cancer originating from breast tissue, most commonly from the inner lining of milk ducts or the lobules that supply the ducts with milk. Cancers originating from ducts are known as ductal carcinomas; those originating from lobules are known as lobular carcinomas...
. After undergoing treatment, including two lumpectomies
Lumpectomy
Lumpectomy is a common surgical procedure designed to remove a discrete lump, usually a benign tumor or breast cancer, from an affected man or woman's breast...
, chemotherapy
Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy is the treatment of cancer with an antineoplastic drug or with a combination of such drugs into a standardized treatment regimen....
and radiation, Mesley's prognosis is excellent. As of March 2006, Mesley had returned to the CBC full-time, but was under the care of an oncologist and had been taking the intravenous, anti-cancer drug Herceptin. That same month her documentary "Chasing the Cancer Answer" was aired. Though generally well-received, it did engender negative comment from Margaret Wente
Margaret Wente
Margaret Wente is a columnist for Canada's largest national daily newspaper, The Globe and Mail and a director of the Energy Probe Research Foundation. She has received the National Newspaper Award for column-writing twice....
of The Globe and Mail
The Globe and Mail
The Globe and Mail is a nationally distributed Canadian newspaper, based in Toronto and printed in six cities across the country. With a weekly readership of approximately 1 million, it is Canada's largest-circulation national newspaper and second-largest daily newspaper after the Toronto Star...
.
As of October 26, 2009, Mesley began a greater presence on CBC's nightly newscast The National and in 2010 she became the program's regular Sunday anchor.